New York City vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$3273
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	59
😀 Quality of life	95	91
🏙️ Population	8.8M	526K

The cost of living in New York City is 166% more expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 3rd and 2788th ($4441 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 75th in the United States and Germany, respectively. Check the United States vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in New York City compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 22nd and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Nuremberg

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	New York City	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$13791

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557